I love Markdown; it makes it easy to write and format stuff for the internet. And for a while, I’ve wanted to publish more easily by just… writing in Markdown and dropping it somewhere. Now, I can finally do just that.

Completed: MSQ, All Major Tales, All Mythic Tales, Some Side Tales

Following what I believe is a weak, trope-loaded, but still intentional first act, I struggled to really let Ghost of Tsushima grab me in previous attempts at playthroughs. It’s real strength lies waiting in Act 2, as personal …

Forza Motorsport is the game I have been looking forward to all year, particularly since I sold my PS5 to go all-in on PC. Positioned as a new starting point for Forza Motorsport as a franchise, it promises a next-gen visual experience, alongside more robust physics and multiplayer. But, does it deliver?

The death of the real-time strategy genre has been largely overreported, and Xbox Game Studios, World’s Edge and Relic Entertainment have brought one of the biggest real-time strategy releases in recent years.

The upcoming release of Cyberpunk 2077 is weighing heavily on my mind as it rapidly approaches. With it, I saw some speculation that games journalists were crunching (much like CDPR were, for months on end; a complete failure of project management) to get reviews done in time for the review embargo lifting. Criticism, done well, isn’t a small feat, and review embargos are often a nightmare. There are a handful of reasons for that, to put it mildly. Let’s dig in.

All around YouTube, searching for anything related to OBS is bound to get you a few “best settings” videos. These videos, in my opinion, are getting the basics wrong.

There are very human limitations involved in the process of taking a photo in the physical world. What then happens if we remove those limits? If we allow people to effectively freeze time at a moments notice, freely manipulate the camera’s position and all of the associated settings, and capture the moment with intimate detail? What happens when those moments are primarily focused on violence?

Don’t get me wrong; MP4 is a fine video container. It’s one of the most common file types for video for a reason: most video editors will work with it too, and a good portion of devices will play MP4 files with no additional setup. Plenty of YouTube tutorials about OBS Studio will tell you to record directly to MP4 though, and that’s a bit of a problem.